Vetstar Training and Reference

Vetstar is the hospital information system used by the UI Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH). With Vetstar, the VTH maintains an electronic medical record for each patient that comes to the hospital.

Please note that the same confidentiality rules used with our paper medical records apply to Vetstar records.

Vetstar serves many purposes at the UI VTH. Click on the following links to access pages dedicated to selected topics.

1. Access your patient's account.
   
   
2. Vestar Navigation
   
   
3. VTH Forms - use Vetstar to start a report and automatically transfer data from your patient's Vetstar record.
   Save your final reports for import to Vetstar for future reference.
• Release, Referral, and Surgery forms
• SOAP forms
• Save reports for Vetstar
• Find reports in Vetstar
  
  
4. Enter your patient's weight and history.
   
   
5. Update visit information when the doctor and/or visit type changes.
   
   
6. Charge screen - add procedures to patient visit
• General instructions
• Order a lab test
• Order an imaging study
• Junior Surgery Instructions
  
  
  
7. Client communications - enter your communications with patient owners, referring veterinarians, and others into Vetstar.
   
   
8. Printer information
• Vetstar printer code list
• How to reprint lab requisitions
• Print patient labels
  
  
9. View patient information and reports
   • Discharge summary
   • Patient profile and record location
   • Procedure history
   • Visit summary


10. Appointment reports
    • View Appointments
    • Print Appointments
    
    
11. Pricing and procedure audits
    
    
12. Quick command listing
    

Updated 9/10/09 DML

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